Category Archives: Article
The Perils of Western “Democracy” From Ethiopia to Mali by THOMAS C. MOUNTAIN Divide and rule is a law of imperialism and western style “democracy” is how imperialism implements this law in neocolonial Africa. It’s called “elections” and with it’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Op-ed, Thomas C. Mountain
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Tagged Elections in Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, Mali, Somali people, World Bank
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Egypt and Ethiopia are in a war of words concerning the damming of the Blue Nile. Ethiopia intends, and has already completed twenty-one percent of the construction of the dam, to generate 6000 megawatts of electricity, which is equivalent to … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged 1997 UN Convention, Blue Nile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Permanent Court of International Justice, Sudan
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) today adopted a resolution on Eritrea, increasing the scope of the mandate for the UN Special Rapporteur, who will now also present her groundbreaking report on the human rights situation in Eritrea to … read more »
Posted in Article, Comoros, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Eritrea, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, New York, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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A month after President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency on northern Nigeria, the first eyewitness accounts are only now emerging about the Nigerian military’s brutality. The state of emergency, accompanied by a troop surge, is the centerpiece of … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, John Kerry, Niger, Niger Delta, Nigeria
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Abdullahi M. Seidu For years, ghosts’ workers in Nigeria are not meant to be seen on their duty post but clearly visible on the payroll. They crawl under the shadow of darkness to suck dry our common wealth. They are … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Federal Government, Federal government of the United States, Finance minister, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerian Civil Service, Okonjo-Iweala
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by Olusegun Adeniyi That it took eight months after the plane crash that left Governor Dambaba Suntai critically injured for the political uncertainties in Taraba State to unravel is a real surprise. But now the gloves are off and the … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Benue State, Emmanuel Bwacha, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna State, Plateau State, Suntai, Taraba, Taraba State, United States
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By Jacky Mamou, and David Khalfa, Ten years, that makes ten years, that the people of Darfur have endured such suffering that the Secretary General of the United Nations, Koffi Anan, decried the situation as “hell on Earth” in 2004. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Omar al-Bashir, South Kordofan, Sudan, United Nations Security Council
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editorial On June 4, 2013, the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) issued a statement announcing the arrest in the United States of Mr. Solomon Adelaquaye, Managing Director of Sohin Security Services Limited, the company in charge of security at our premier … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, Ghana, Ghana Revenue Authority, IndepthAfrica, Kotoka International Airport, NACOB, Narcotics Control Board, United States
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(Nairobi) – The Somali parliament should revise the draft law establishing a national human rights commission to ensure a robust, independent body with a broad mandate and enforcement powers, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Parliament should … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Conscription, Human rights, Human Rights Commission, Human rights in Somalia, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Justice Ministry, Somalia
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Teshome Abebe Much has been said and written over the past couple of weeks about Egypt, the Blue Nile, Ethiopia’s determination and resolve, and the national identity. This article is not intended to add to the volumes of responses and … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, North Africa, Op-ed, Teshome Abebe
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Tagged Blue Nile, Egypt, Egyptian, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Ethiopia, Sudan
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Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In a surprise move, Sudan has broken away from Egypt in the latter’s campaign to stop a hydroelectric power plant along the Blue Nile. The regime of President Omar Bashir said Khartoum supports the so-called … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan
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press release Tuesday, 11 June 2013, 2:36 pm Press Release: US State Department U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Remarks At a Security Council Briefing On Somalia AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President, Minister Simmonds, for hosting this session and … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Op-ed, Press Releases, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, AlShabaab, AMISOM, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali people, Somalia, United Nation, United States
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WHY AFRICAN LEADERS ARE SO OBSESSED WITH RURAL DEVELOPMENT Africa will continue to be one of the most pertinent continents in the world with multifaceted people from different cultural backgrounds. Interestingly, the continent is blessed with innumerable natural resources such … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kakum National Park, Kwame Nkrumah, Millennium Development Goals, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa
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From being the world’s archetypal basket case for so long, suddenly Somalia is on the “road to stability” while donors and diplomats sing the praises of its new, untested government. The extensive African intervention in Somalia may have helped the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Abdisamad Ali Shire, Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, IndepthAfrica, Jubaland, Kismayo, Mogadishu, Ras Kamboni, Somalia
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A senior government official on Sunday testified that a deal in which Israel would deport illegal African migrants to third party countries was indeed in the works. Hagai Hadas, the prime minister’s special envoy on illegal migrants, refused to provide … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Egypt, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Israel, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, Sudan
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By Martin Plaut, newstatesman Long years of deadlock and bitter recrimination are now coming to a head as the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens Egypt’s water security. The long-running dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over the waters … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Nile, Sudan, Yemane Gebreab
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Selam Kidane To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter Euripides Of all the things Eritrean that happened at the UN Human Rights Council last week young Abbie Seyoum’s unremitting quest for the whereabouts of her … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Father's Day, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Sigmund Freud, United Nations Human Rights Council, Young People's Front for Democracy and Justice
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By Bolaji Adebiyi, Daily Trust opinion “The fact that you present something at the Governor’s Forum does not mean that all of us are bound by decisions if we express our disagreements,” Babatunde Fashola, Governor of Lagos State-Vanguard, March 6, … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged All Nigeria Peoples Party, Amaechi, Babatunde Fashola, GoodluckJonathan, Independent National Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, People Democratic Party, Rotimi Amaechi
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The frequency of fire outbreaks in public facilities over the past few weeks has erupted varied concerns and speculations among the Ghanaian public. At the centre of most discussions, is the attempt of unravelling the cause of what has become … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana, Ghana Fire Service, Outbreak, Politics, United States, University of Cambridge
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By Zechariah Manyok Biar In his usual emotional way of dealing with important national and international issues, the President of the Republic of the Sudan Field Marshal Omer al Bashir announced in a rally on June 8, 2013 that he … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, Bashir, East Africa, Government, IndepthAfrica, Omar al-Bashir, Rebellion, South Sudan, Sudan
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May 2013 was just another humdrum month in Libya. It witnessed more deadly explosions, a prolonged siege of government ministries, the disappearance of a popular militia leader, the closure of the Sebha airport by militiamen as retaliation, a declaration of … read more »
Ndi igbos say “Nwunye anyi, nwunye anyi”: ka ndeli bia ka anyi mara onye o bu nwunye ya.["Our wife, our wife": come midnight and we will know whose wife she really is.]This week my admonition bothers on one of those … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, Babatunde Fashola, God, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Muslim, Nigeria
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Meles Zenawi is dead. Meles Zenawi is alive. I am afraid in our case both statements are true. We saw the tyrant being buried or placed six foot under and the extraordinary sendoff orchestrated by his politburo in living color. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Abay, Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Somalia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Academic activities such as studying, teaching, inventing, leading, administrating and other responsibilities in a university or college require at a minimum academic freedom. Unfortunately, however, academic freedom in higher education institutions of Ethiopia is drier than the Sahara desert. Ethiopians … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amhara National Democratic Movement, China, EPRDF, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front, IndepthAfrica, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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IN 2005 three dozen Somalis formed a club of Islamists, soon dubbing themselves the Shabab (Arabic for “youth”). Chaos had reigned over Somalia for a generation and there had been no real government since the military ruler, Siad Barre, fell … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged David Cameron, Islamism, London, Mogadishu, Shabab, Siad Barre, Somali, Somalia
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ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia will press ahead with the construction of its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River, officials said Thursday, the day after Egypt warned “all options are open” if its water supply is affected. “We are … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Blue Nile, Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed Morsi, Nile, Sudan
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By Eric Reeves A brief moment of shocking clarity accompanied confirmation by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) that some 300,000 Darfuris have been newly displaced in the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Internally displaced person, OCHA, Sudan, Sudanese Armed Forces, UNAMID, United Nations
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By William Davison, CSM 15-hour drive west from Ethiopia’s capital past coffee forests and jigsaw fields brimming with cattle and people, the road leaves the high country and enters the Gambella region — an expanse of flatter bush and forest … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Anuak people, Department for International Development, Ethiopia, Gambella, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Non-governmental organization, World Bank
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(Reuters) Egypt will demand Ethiopia stop building a dam on one of the main tributaries of the Nile, a senior government aide said on Wednesday, ramping up a confrontation over the project that Egypt fears will affect its main source … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mohamed ElBaradei, Nile, Sudan, Younis Makhyoun
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By Luka Biong Deng It is becoming apparent that the regime of Bashir is now coming to a dead end. Its demise is imminent and irreversible whatever the NCP will try now to transform itself to meet the aspirations of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abyei, African Union, Ali Osman, Bashir, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, NCP, South Sudan, Sudan
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